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Soyombo Ayomikun: Gold On Mortal’s Feet-Madiba
by Soyombo Ayomikun Gold On Mortal's Feet:Madiba 1. We once heard about the warrior Achilles Who in a gruesome battle screamed 'is there no one else?' Who chose to go…
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“…Our Mandela is President Jonathan:” Doyin Okupe denies making infamous comment
by Rachel Ogbu Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe| credits: pointblanknews.com The Senior Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on Public Affairs, Doyin Okupe was…
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Collins Uma: Ijele Anaa! – Mandela has always been immortal (Y! FrontPage)
by Collins Uma Madiba Rohlilahla Nelson Mandela was Ijele. He was not mere man. His immortality did not just begin. He has always been immortal. We are fortunate that he walked…
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Opinion: Mandela- the good name we all know
by Ayiba Jare Ojukonsin For Goodluck Jonathan, President of Nigeria, “Mandela will always be remembered and honoured by all mankind as one of its greatest liberators, a wise, courageous and…
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Shehu Sani: How Mandela represented hope and opportunity
by Shehu Sani Mandela was a light that shinned over a dark era of despicable cruelty and unmitigated evil. He was a tower that gave moral and physical muscle to…
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President Goodluck Jonathan declares 3-day national mourning for Mandela
by Rachel Ogbu Nigeria has officially joined South Africa and the rest of the world to mourn ex-South African President, Nelson Mandela who passed away December 5 aged 95. President…
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Poetry: What happened on the day Madiba died
by Nwokike Chukwuemeka On the day Madiba died A vacuum filled his space For men who live for selflessness Can rarely be replaced On the day Madiba died I recall…
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Mandela is in hell-fire? Well that’s what these “Christians” say | Read why
by Jim Solouki and Martin Baker The blog Creation Science Study is clearly not joining the mass adulation over the late Nelson Mandela who passed on yesterday at 95. Below…
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“Mandela turned down my request” to go for second-term – OBJ pays tribute to a man who was not like him (WATCH)
by Chi Ibe As the world has celebrated former South African president, Nelson Mandela, many Nigerians have made the inevitable comparisons with our leaders - many noting that former president,…
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LOOK: The (fake) Ethiopian passport Mandela used to visit Lagos in 1962
by Chi Ibe In 1962, Nelson Mandela, with the agreement of his colleagues in the struggle, began to visit across Africa and Europe to drum up support for the anti-apartheid…
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Nduka Obaigbena remembers: MKO Abiola & his last flight to South Africa (for Mandela)
by Nduka Obaigbena The publisher of ThisDay commemorated the June 12 anniversary last year by recalling late politician MKO Abiola's last trip to Johannesburg, South Africa - to attend the…
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He wasn’t perfect, but he was Mandela: An obituary
"Black man, you are on your own." - Steve Biko "In the fell clutch of circumstance/I have not winced nor cried aloud Under the bludgeonings of chance/My head is bloody,…
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“Nelson Mandela now belongs to the ages”: Pres. Obama, others pay tribute to Madiba
Nelson Mandela revisits his prison cell on Robben Island in 1994, where he spent 18 of his 27 years in prison. (Getty Images) President Obama praised Nelson Mandela on Thursday,…
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“He is now rested, he is now at peace”: This was how President Jacob Zuma announced Nelson Mandela’s death (WATCH)
by Isi Esene South Africa's first democratically elected President and Apartheid hero, Nelson Mandela died today at the age of 95. Current President Jacob Zuma announced his death in a…
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Just in: Nelson Mandela is dead aged 95
by Rachel Ogbu Global icon and former president of South Africa, Nelson Rolihlahla is dead, the BBC has confirmed. Mandela served 27 years in prison, more famously on Robben Island,…
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A Mandela Obituary: He wasn’t perfect, but he was very close to immortal
by Eromo Egbejule In the end however, all that will be remembered - and rightly so - of Madiba is that he was steadfast in fighting for his people. He never…
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Human shield: Bodyguard to Beyonce, Lady Gaga, Rihanna and Mandela ‘tasered to death’ by police
A 6-foot-5 bodyguard to celebrities couldn’t protect himself from being killed when cops tasered him during a bizarre break-in, the Miami Herald reported. A naked Norman Oosterbroek, 43, who had…
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No, he’s not! Confusion as South African gov’t says Nelson Mandela remains hospitalised
Contrary to reports by the international media that Nelson Mandela had been discharged and had returned home,the South African government has released a statement saying that the former President…
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“His spirit and sparkle are fading” – Mandela’s agonised wife
He made his last public appearance alongside his wife at Johannesburg's Soccer City stadium during the closing ceremony for the 2010 World Cup • Graca Machel told a South African television…
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Not true: Mandela’s doctors not involved in (sad) South African military plane crash
A military plane has crashed in South Africa’s mountainous east, killing 11 people, local media reported Thursday. The Dakota air force plane, which crashed late Wednesday, was not carrying members…
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